An Angels Stadium chair that can be signed by any three payers of the buyer's choosing sits on a silent auction table at Disney's Grand California Hotel during the Calling All Angels gala to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs. JOSHUA SUDOCK, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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A football autographed by Mark Sanchez valued at $150 sits on a silent auction table at Disney's Grand California Hotel during the Calling All Angels gala to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs. JOSHUA SUDOCK, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Bottles of wine sit on a silent auction table at Disney's Grand California Hotel during the Calling All Angels gala to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs. JOSHUA SUDOCK, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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An XBox 360 Connect system sits on a silent auction table at Disney's Grand California Hotel during the Calling All Angels gala to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs. JOSHUA SUDOCK, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Rich and Jillian Langhorst, from left, with Michelle and Dennis Kuhl arrive at Disney's Grand California Hotel for the Calling All Angels gala to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs (the Motel Kids and Distressed Neighborhoods outreach program). JOSHUA SUDOCK, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

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Angels owner Arte Moreno is greeted by members of Anaheim's Boys and Girls Club before entering Disney's Grand California Hotel for the Calling All Angels gala to benefit the Boys & Girls Clubs (the Motel Kids and Distressed Neighborhoods outreach program). JOSHUA SUDOCK, ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

Guests at the Boys & Girls Club of Anaheim's Calling All Angels Gala were surprised to see a group of children dressed in Angels baseball uniforms outside the Grand Californian Hotel. They escorted each guest into the hotel and returned to greet others – and made the world's most adorable welcoming committee.

Upbeat piano music set the mood in the hotel's spacious lobby. Dressed in formal suits and gorgeous evening dresses, attendees ran into old friends and made new acquaintances. Slowly but surely, they made their way through the silent auction to the cocktail bars and back into the fold of a gabby, happy crowd.

The event netted $250,000, with a portion of the proceeds benefiting the Boys & Girls Club of Anaheim's Motel Kids and Distressed Neighborhood outreach program, which picks up children from their homes in low-income areas and takes them to the Boys and Girls Club free of charge.

"A lot of these kids don't have a lot to do after school, and that's where they can get into trouble," Anaheim Mayor Tom Tait said. "Boys & Girls Club is a safe place, and it provides a lot of hope for these kids."

At the center of the event stood Arte Moreno, owner of the Angels and an ardent supporter of the Boys & Girls Club.

"We give them a place to do their homework and we take them to games, to Disneyland. We take them to the beach," said Moreno, a former Boys & Girls Club member himself. "It's just very important to give kids a foundation."

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